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Hermanus Slideshow
Hermanus
Travel Blogs from Hermanus, South Africa
AuRevoir, Farewell, AufWeidersehn, Adieu Totsienes
... far and not sprung another leak. We are sitting in the beautiful La Gratitude Guest House on the edge of the ocean in Hermanus, taking a few days to properly pack and unpack the truck seeing whether we actually need everything that was packed at the last ...
Pottery, penguins and picnic
... crystals are excreted from their eyes as part of the process. How clever is that!!!! We then drove on through Kleinmond to Hermanus. Its not whale watching season but we enjoyed our picnic lunch on the cliff top. We then wandered through the ...
On the "unmade up" road to nowhere
... we found was sunshine and gentle waves - oh well, get some good pictures. We have been told that CGH is the most south westerly tip of Africa and for the real thing we need to go to Cape Aghullas the most Southern tip - will try and get there tomorrow as ...
Whale Watching
... track through a game reserve . No guide with us this time but we saw lots of zebra and other animals. We travelled to Hermanus from Montagu, a small town in the Cape Wine Region. We spent a lovely two days there. On our way there we ...
Wine Tasting and Whale Watching
... memorably-named Hannibal. Other wines included the Tete de Cuvee Galpin Peak Pinot Noir, Missionvale Chardonnay, and Crocodile's Lair. According to the winery literature, Finlayson is known as "South Africa's pioneer of the Pinor Noir grape." ...
Shark Attack
One night in Hermanus, famous for the hundreds of Whales that descend into the bay. Apparently, t peak season there are approx. 150 whales per day. It's not peak season. We went on a little coastal walk. No whales to be seen there.. We decided to cast out ...
Aug 03, 2011
Wilderness and Hermanus
... of Henry. The man dissappears for a couple of minutes and then comes back with about 3 lobsters. We then went snorkling around the Hermanus harbour. Its kind of weird when out in the deep waters because we can sea the area where we did our Great White ...
Jaws
I had been told by other people that had done shark diving that the cages were just made of chicken wire, but either they went with a dodgy company or they were just trying to scare us because they were actually slightly better than that! We were driven ...
It's been longer than we thought....
It was never the vision to spend more than a couple of nights in Hermanus, but with Mikes place (La Gratitude) being such a stunning setting, great jacuzzi and good company why should we want to leave... It was a great opportuntiy to celebrate ...
Briathlon and skit
... to Pearly Beach and through Gansbaai. The mountains were quite striking with lots of rocky outcrops and escarpments. We arrived in beautiful Hermanus before lunch. I had just finished my final draft of "Ode to Africa" which Sue proof read to make sure it ...
A bit windy!
... stable door. After we eventually got up, we ventured out to Agulhas, the most southern point of the African continent. Driving through Hermanus, we saw fire engines by the seafront. We of course had to do a detour to see what was happening. A thatched ...
Hermanus
... a few touristy photos and action shots on top of the monument, exploring the rock pools, sunbathing before setting off to Hermanus. Our final few nights accomodation was in a luxury apartment in Hermanus and we were all staying together which was also ...
Hermanus
... athon!! Some of us were still a little bit squiffy from the night before but definately ready to go whale watching. We arrived in Hermanus at 9.30am and went straight to the ocean to look for the whales, we saw loads just of the coast frolocking in the ...
Leaving Cape Town
... English guys Aaron, Rig and Lewis are gonna join him and split the cost of the car and petrol. The public bus service in South Africa is not very good and pretty expensive so this is definately the easy option! Our first stop was Hermanus, a small town ...
Die letzten Wale
Heute haben wir uns aufgemacht nach Hermanus, ein bekannter Ort zum Wale anschauen. Die Wale sind aber nicht das ganze Jahr über vor der Küste hier, sondern nur von Mai/Juni bis November/Dezember. Und man hatte uns gesagt, dass die meistens Wale schon ...
Day 10- The Winelands!
... ;If not, some wine tasting is the order of the day. More to follow, keep checking in...................... Whale watching at Hermanus. Am up and dressed, breakfast at 7, coach at 8. A beautiful drive through Garden Route. Vast is not the ...
Whales and Great Whites
We spent our first afternoon cage diving with Great Whites. Some were upto 3 metres in length and at one point one was actually in the cage next to my face!!! The next day we walked along the beautiful coastline and saw loads of ...
Baboons instead of sharks
... in this part of the world it is all to do with wind and today the direction was wrong. So what is there to do in Hermanus when you can't go shark diving. Hiking! I set off along the coast, in the glorious sunshine. The path hugs the coast for miles and I ...
Mossel Bay - Cap Agulhas - Hermanus
... . Panne darf man aber hier nicht haben, da zig km keine Ortschaft zu sehen war. Ca. 15:30 kamen wir dann in Hermanus bei unserem Quartier an. Ein wirklich tolles B&B Haus. Nach dem Auspacken fuhren wir sofort in die Ortschaft. Gleich neben den ...
Good things.
... The 24th was a public holiday - Heritage Day - intended to be a day for everyone to embrace the cultural diversity of South Africa. Some council was publicising with posters all over the city that read Braai for Heritage and featured this giant (yet very ...
Days 89-93 - Galavanting around the Cape
... areas. The highlight of this was visiting the cute kids in the creche there, where we were treated to a rendition of the South Africa national anthem by 2-3 year olds! - More wine tasting, which included cheese tastings too, much to Jenny's delight. - ...
Whales, Dassies, and 1 Snake in Hermanus
... for us. It was voted #1 town in South Africa in 2008. It is also known as the whale watching capital of South Africa. While in Hermanus, we watched a couple of soccer matches in local restaurants, and mostly just walked. There is a great 12 km cliff path ...
Day 238:Whale spotting on our last day on the road
... flew home in just 4 days time! So after feeling like a pair of bloated whales, we went to visit the real thing in Hermanus just down the road. It was the height of the whale spotting season when hundreds of Southern Right Whales visit the shelter of ...
Whales of fun
... jumps and waving their tails (there are proper names for these but these names shall do). Our second day in Hermanus was booked for us to go Shark Cave diving. However, although we weren't meant to be leaving until 11am, we were woken ...
The whales of Hermanus
Hermanus was a very cool place... full of lazy whales mooching about in the Bay of (not sure?), occasionally breaching ( this prompted mother jokes) and spitting some water up. Pretty cool stuff and very close... Two days later, after Pip ...
First leg
... her Christmas drinks party for friends and I ended up in the kitchen making chile con carne! We are now back in Hermanus to await the arrival of Richard, Jen and the boys who are having a great time on a game drive at the ...
First leg
... her Christmas drinks party for friends and I ended up in the kitchen making chile con carne! We are now back in Hermanus to await the arrival of Richard, Jen and the boys who are having a great time on a game drive at the ...
Hermanus and the Drive to Stellenbosch
... on the other hand with only 2 weeks I'm glad we have moved around and discovered as many different places as possible. Hermanus was a little more touristy than Kalk's Bay and Simon's Town. July is peak whale watching season so we ...
Almost time for Great White Shark Diving
... walking in the National Park. It is as good as the hype suggested and my stay has been one my highlights along the coast of South Africa. If you ever come to SA and you like the outdoors please come here, you will not be disappointed. So onwards with the ...